| KREYOL ... WE, ISRAELITES... FRENCH |
Death is defined by the total absence of vital signs. Now, we are dealing with a cadaver. In a short time, the inert matter is broken down unless it is canned. What are the divine requirements on this subject?
First of all, just a little reminder about the creation of man. "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..." GEN 1:26 This language implies that to the matter is added the divine breath. This last, once gone, remains the inert body, the impurity if we borrow the biblical language.
Faced with this poignant drama, the emotion is at such a culminating point that we have even forgotten we are dealing with a divine act: End a Life.
It is important to emphasize that nothing has been omitted to assist us in the turmoil in the course of our existence. Whether it is the Old or the New Testament, we always find the same tune. Mark 12:27 was very explicit "God is not the God of the dead but of the living". Nothing else than what we have read in: Leveticus 22:4, Numbers 6:4-6, Numbers 9:6-14, Numbers 19:11-22, Ezekiel 9:6-7, Ezekiel 43:7, Ezekiel 44:22-26
To reassure himself of being on the same wavelength as his peers Haggai had thought it necessary to dialogue with them on this subject.
Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean." Haggai 2:13
The exploitation of one and the other is patent. Some speak of shameless mercantilism as a corpse is presented in a divine sanctuary. This practice dates back to the Egyptian era. The Romans have followed the example by dedicating November 2nd to the dead. It is to the work that one recognizes the bricklayer.
Let us mention, once again Mark 12:27 which is correlated to Mark 12:17 "... Give to Caesar what is Caesar, and to God what is God". In regards to a corpse, Caesar has its taxation procedures which differ from one country to another. The corpse is temporarily under its obedience. Bref!
Without departing from the Holy Scriptures,(Number 9:4-11) our compass, we can claim, loud and clear, that the preservation of the corpse in the mausoleums of our cemeteries results from the impurity in its most blatant manifestation.
Still mercantilism, always mercantilism. We also see in it, a subtle manipulation of Satan that has played on our emotions to compel us to ignore the divine prescriptions. It is and remains that the impurity and the violation of a holy sanctuary according to the divine prescriptions are irrevocable.